Reinventing the Ranch

Reinventing
The Ranch
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Informal floor plans and spacious
lots make these 1950s' designs
ideal for '90s remodels
The most popular postwar housing style in
the United States was the ranch house. Every
city in America boasts entire neighborhoods of
1950s ranches that are ripe for remodeling —
one sto r y big picture windows, no (old-fashioned) po r ches,
and broad roof overhangs that were in their time as dramatic
as the tail fins on the owners' ca r. And speaking of the ca r ,
perhaps the most defining feature of the ranch was the
accommodation of the automobile. Garages for the first time
were brought up front and proudly faced to the